Short answer
At a strata general meeting, owners get together to make decisions by voting on motions — approving budgets and levies, electing the committee, and dealing with issues affecting the scheme. Owners receive a notice and agenda beforehand, and the outcomes are recorded in the minutes.
How a meeting runs
- Notice and agenda go out in advance, so owners know what’s being decided.
- The chairperson works through the agenda, and each motion is discussed and voted on.
- The results are recorded in the minutes, which become the scheme’s record of the decisions.
At the AGM there’s also the yearly business — approving the budget and levies, reviewing insurance and finances, and electing the committee.
How owners take part
In person, by proxy, or electronically where the scheme allows (do I have to attend?).
Meetings that hold up
A valid meeting needs correct notice, a proper agenda, a quorum and accurate minutes — miss one and decisions can be challenged. A self-managed scheme can run the whole meeting cycle with a system such as Straita — notice, agenda, and the record — so its decisions stand.
Primary sources
- Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) — general meetings, notice, motions, quorum and minutes.
- NSW Government — Strata schemes (Fair Trading) — strata meetings.